"Five Human Rights Defenders" initiative to provide legal assistance to citizens dismissed for participating in peaceful rally
ArmInfo. Yerevan. May 9 ArmInfo, Naira Badalyan. The "Five Human Rights Defenders" initiative will provide legal support to citizens fired for participating in a peaceful rally. Member of the initiative, lawyer Ruben Melikyan wrote on his Facebook page.
According to him, they received information that employees of some state and public bodies were warned that they would be fired if they took part in peaceful rally initiated by the "Tavush for the Motherland" movement.
"In this regard, we declare:
1) We are ready to provide free legal assistance to these citizens;
2) We advise you not to give in to the request to write your own resignation letter;
3) We recommend recording such threats;
4)We remind you of our 24-hour hotline number: 095 08 87 87," Melikyan wrote.